1993 AFL Round 9: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1993 between Sydney and Geelong during round 9 of the 1993 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, N. Brunton, E. Considine, D. Cresswell, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, D. Holmes, G. John, D. Lewis, A. McGovern, D. McRae, S. Minton-Connell, R. Osborne, G. Rose, D. Strooper, A. Thomson, S. Watters, M. Werner, S. Wheeler

Geelong
G. Ablett, J. Barnes, A. Bews, B. Brownless, P. Couch, T. Darcy, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, J. Lamb, P. Lynch, S. Malakellis, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, R. Merriman, S. O'Reilly, L. Pickering, R. Scott, S. Simpson, B. Stoneham, A. Wills

Sydney (15.14.104) were defeated by Geelong (19.15.129).

Goalkickers
Sydney: P. Kelly (4), D. Strooper (3), S. Direen, A. Dunkley, D. Lewis, A. McGovern, D. McRae, S. Minton-Connell, R. Osborne, S. Watters
Geelong: G. Ablett (7), M. Mansfield (2), S. O'Reilly (2), R. Scott (2), P. Couch, T. Darcy, J. Lamb, P. Lynch, L. Pickering, A. Wills

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 15th on the ladder and Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 23 May 1993
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 9,594

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 15.14.104 - 19.15.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 8 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Geelong 9 . 5 13 . 7 15 . 11 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Margin GEEL by 44 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Sydney), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, A. McKernan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Scott GEEL 8 3
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 2
Sanford Wheeler SYDN 27 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 1 1
12 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 4 1 1
28 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 6 0 1 1 1
43 Direen, Scott ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 5 0 0 0 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 7 12 8 3 4 4 1
31 Holmes, Darren ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 1 0 3 3 2
19 John, Gareth ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 12 0 1 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 4 0 31 20 11 1 0 5 4 5
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 3 18 12 6 4 1 0 2 1
16 McGovern, Andrew ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0
4 McRae, Dean ? ? 1 2 21 18 3 6 0 2 1 2
8 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 1 3 7 6 1 5 0 0 0 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 0 0
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 1 0 1
15 Strooper, David ? ? 3 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 0 3
42 Thomson, Andrew ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 2 3
10 Watters, Scott ? ? 1 1 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 0
9 Werner, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 3 2
27 Wheeler, Sanford ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 257 163 94 56 22 28 25 28

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 7 6 15 15 0 8 0 0 2 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 8 17 0 0 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 0 0 1 1 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 3 1 0 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 1 0 1 2 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 0
39 Lamb, Jamie ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 3 4
43 Lynch, Paul ? ? 1 3 13 9 4 2 0 1 2 0
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 1 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 5 0 0 2 1
13 Merriman, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 1 1
20 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 5 0 0 2 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 2 0 2 2 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 0 24 12 12 0 0 1 2 2
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 1 4 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 5 7 4 4 7
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 1 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 15 297 191 106 66 27 20 28 25

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s